Appendix: A list of Black Prince plays
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 May 2018
Summary
1667: Roger Boyle, 1st earl of Orrery, Two new tragedies: The Black Prince, and Typhon, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
1750: William Shirley, Edward the Black Prince; or, The Battle of Poictiers: an historical tragedy, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
1771: David Garrick, The institution of the Garter; or, Arthur's Round Table restored, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
1795: William Pearce, Windsor Castle; or, the Fair Maid of Kent, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
1807: Anon., Edward the Black Prince: or, The Battle of Cressy, & c. & c. (A serious pantomime), first performed at Astley's Olympic Pavilion, London.
1822: George Macfarren, Edward the Black Prince; or The glories of England in 1356, first performed at the Royal Coburg Theatre, London.
1828: F. Reynolds, Edward the Black Prince; or, she never told her love, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.
1836: Christopher Godmond, The campaign of 1346, ending with the Battle of Crecy: an historical drama, no known performances.
1839: Anon., The victories of Edward the Black Prince; or, The battlefield, first performed at Astley's Olympic Pavilion, London.
1846: Sir Coutts Lindsay, The Black Prince: a tragedy in three acts and in verse, no known performances.
1862: Anon., Edward the Black Prince; or, Harlequin and the magic feathers, first performed at the Victoria Theatre, London.
1874: Paulin Huggett Pearce, King Petri and the Black Prince: a tragedy, no known performances.
1886: Douglas Sladen, Edward the Black Prince: an epic drama, no known performances.
1903 [1902]: Maurice Baring, The Black Prince and other poems, no known performances.
1914: T. C. Porter, Pageant entitled Edward the Black Prince, performed at Trematon Castle, Cornwall.
c. 1947: Mayre Lawson, The Black Prince: a play, no known performances.
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- The Image of Edward the Black Prince in Georgian and Victorian EnglandNegotiating the Late Medieval Past, pp. 140Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2017